A new Ipsos poll finds less than half of the American public believe climate change is human-driven, the lowest share reported over several years of polling. Twenty-seven percent believe climate change is
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new report that finds the amount invested in solar in 2023 outpaced the amount invested in oil exploration and production, marking the widening gap between
Writing for the five majority justices, Justice Alito said the Clean Water Act does not allow the agency to regulate pollution dumped into wetlands unless they have “a continuous surface connection” to
Fifteen properties across seven German states were searched as part of an investigation into whether the German climate protest group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) is a criminal organization. 170 police officers took
The rule, which went into effect Tuesday, will stop most air travel between Paris and regional hubs like Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, though connecting flights are unaffected. The general rule is that
Residents were urged to stay home until the island is declared safe for travel, as the Category 4 typhoon brought hurricane-force winds of at least 150 miles per hour and heavy rain
Climate activists stormed Shell’s annual shareholder meeting in London, calling for the oil and gas giant to stop contributing to the climate crisis and stop operations. The demonstrations delayed the meeting by
More than 130 members of Congress and the European Parliament called for Sultan Al-Jaber, who runs the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, to step down as president for the next U.N. Climate
Black children are more likely to have asthma than kids of any other race in America because racist housing laws placed Black communities near pollution hotspots like power plants and major roadways,
The US Forestry Service was expected to issue an environmental impact statement for the transfer of a 2,422-acre piece of land known as Oak Flat to Resolution Copper Mining LLC, but decided
A deal struck between California, Arizona and Nevada will cut about 13 percent of the total water use in the lower Colorado Basin - around a trillion gallons - over the next
Extreme heat fueled by climate change kills more people in the US than any other weather-related event each year, and those who are at the greatest risk of dying are Black and
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and people stayed at home, cycling surged in countries around the world as people looked to escape isolation in a socially distant way. Case studies suggest
Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada caused states across the northwestern US to issue air quality alerts over the weekend. Montana officials said that nearly the entire state was
New research finds that only about 13 percent of global methane pollution is regulated, despite the super pollutant causing at least a quarter of current global warming. To achieve the goals laid
Summer is around the corner, and across the US people are gearing up to put some shrimp on the barbie. However, for the eco-conscious, grilling can have some negative impacts on the
Using satellite measurements of almost 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs and images taken over 30 years, University of Colorado Boulder researchers found that 53 percent of the freshwater resources
A new study published in the journal Science finds that the average El Niño costs the global economy around $3.4 trillion. This tab could run to $84 trillion by the end of
A study published by the University of Texas finds that regulating methane pollution from oil and gas sites in Texas could create as many as 35,000 jobs. Texas is the top methane
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) is warning that much of the US is at risk for power outages if the summer is as hot as scientists are forecasting. This marks
Planet Earth will likely experience a significant global warming milestone in the coming years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The WMO — The United Nations’ weather agency — says there’s a
The work published in Environmental Research Letters is the first to quantify how fossil fuel company emissions have worsened wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada. A huge swath of recently burned
The resolution thumbed down by Biden had passed both the House and Senate, and would have reversed a Commerce Department decision to waive tariffs on solar panels imported from Southeast Asian countries
The $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline would send methane gas 300 miles from the Marcellus shale fields in West Virginia to Virginia, crossing almost 1,000 streams and wetlands, and now a national
Nguy Thi Khanh, the founder of the GreenID Vietnam campaign group and one of Vietnam’s leading environmental activists has been freed from prison five months early. Khanh was imprisoned for not paying
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed opening leasing of federal land to conservationists, giving them the chance to compete with the oil, mining, and grazing interests who are already
A new study by Harvard researchers finds that communities of color are more exposed to per- and polyfluorinated substances, the toxic “forever chemicals” colloquially known as PFAS. These chemicals used in industrial
Since Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, climate scientists have faced a huge rise in abuse from climate deniers. “There’s been a massive change,” Mark Maslin, professor at University College London
Across US island territories, women are collaborating to improve their community resilience to climate and other future impacts by growing local food systems- but they're being denied opportunities available to other Americans,
At least 3 people are dead and thousands more have been forced to seek shelter as Category 5 Cyclone Mocha made landfall Sunday afternoon, bringing sustained winds of 175 miles per hour
While acknowledging the risks that climate change poses,Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, a Trump appointee, remarked that catastrophic events like hurricanes and floods don’t generally reverberate across the U.S. economy.“Climate change is
The nearly $1 billion fund, established by the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to make low-income multifamily housing become more energy and water efficient, and more resilient to climate-driven impacts and disasters. “Our
The new regulation aims to cut carbon pollution from around 3,400 methane gas and coal-fired power plants across the country, which are responsible for about 25 percent of all U.S. climate pollution,
A proposal from U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) would not only expedite the approval of fossil fuel projects but also accelerate construction of new power transmission lines needed to plug renewables into
The tech giant Microsoft, has agreed to buy electricity from startup Helion Energy, which is aiming to make at least 50 megawatts of electricity from nuclear fusion by 2029. No one anywhere
In Southwestern Louisiana, oil and gas companies are polluting the air and water with dangerous chemicals, making kids sick. Yet the fossil fuel industry wants to expand in the region, vying to
The decision by a federal appeals court reverses a 2020 EPA decision to not regulate perchlorate, a rocket fuel and explosive chemical that interferes with the thyroid gland and hormone production, presenting
Satellite data shows methane leaks in a fossil fuel field in western Turkmenistan have caused more global heating in 2022 than all of the carbon pollution from the United Kingdom. Turkmenistan is
Eni is usually found among the world’s top dozen richest oil companies, with an estimated market capitalization of almost $49 billion and reported profit more than $14 billion in 2021. Two Italian
The U.S. Forest Service and other agencies will expedite the review of a $1.7 billion underground mine that will process manganese and zinc, two minerals that have recently been deemed by the
A historic heat wave is sweeping across the two continents, threatening vulnerable populations and triggering severe thunderstorms and flooding. Temps hit over 111 degrees Fahrenheit this past weekend in Vietnam, where the
The tragedy comes days after flooding killed over 120 people in neighboring Rwanda. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres remarked, “this is yet another illustration of accelerating climate change and its disastrous impact on
A fire that had been previously extinguished reignited at a Shell petrochemical plant over the weekend, sending nine contractors to the hospital, who have since been released with minor injuries. The cause
The University of Maine's Climate Reanalysis that daily sea surface temperatures are hotter than any time since at least 1982, and an upcoming El Niño weather pattern could contribute to even higher
In keeping with mid-20th century segregationist federal guidance, West Oakland, California officials in the 1940s deliberately put the most polluting industries and biggest highways in Black neighborhoods - saddling them with cancer,
New proposals from Sens. Moore Capito and Barrasso would shorten the time it takes to approve and permit an infrastructure or mining project, and would speed up domestic oil and gas projects
The Utah State Board of Education wants to avoid language they feel may be politically charged and so, will consider whether the term “climate change” is too politically charged to be taught
Residents of Lowndes county in Alabama, which is nearly 75 percent Black, were repeatedly and consistently denied access to clean sanitation systems, according to an environmental justice agreement announced by the Biden
The influential union wants Biden to push more forcefully for better wages and benefits at electric vehicle facilities. General Motors employees who work at a battery facility in Ohio will make about
Research led by UC-Berkeley finds disadvantaged communities received just 7 percent of California’s EV incentives between 2010 and 2021, and saw smaller reductions in roadway-related pollution - or in some cases even